Today we will try to help you resolve a problem that can be irritating, and if not managed on time become a financial drain. In truth, spotting a leak on your vehicle is hardly ever reassuring, and it is even less reassuring when it’s a gearbox leak on your Peugeot 206 . Today, we’re going to help you confirm that it’s in actual fact a gearbox leak, then, how to remedy a gearbox or transmission leak, then, give you some prevention suggestions, and, finally, give you an idea of the price of the gearbox of a Peugeot 206 .
Gearbox leak on Peugeot 206 , source and symptom
If you have identified an oil stain on the ground, you will need to ensure that this leak is in actual fact caused by the gearbox of your Peugeot 206 . To do this, you will need to go under your car and follow the oil leak. If it is transmission oil, it must be caused by your gearbox sump or an adjacent room. Once affirmed, here are the possible roots of this transmission leak:
- A gearbox cap: If it’s improperly screwed on…
- Defective torque converter: Just equipped on automatic gearboxes.
- From the transmission oil sump: In the event it is cracked or damaged
- One of your seals damaged
How to fix a gearbox leak on Peugeot 206 ?
After discovering the different roots of a gearbox or transmission oil leak on your Peugeot 206 , we will try to describe to you what are your possibilities to remedy this oil leak. Remember that in any case, after having distinguished a leak, you must go to a garage to distinguish the exact source of the leak, in any other case your gearbox may be irreparably damaged. Nevertheless, here is how the service of the garage and the solutions that will be offered to you:
- Very often to distinguish the leak, the auto mechanic will have to take apart your gearbox, which will necessitate a high labour cost.
- If you’re lucky and it’s just a gasket, your auto mechanic will change it and reassemble the gearbox of your Peugeot 206 , in any other case you’ll have to change the complete gearbox
- Finally, for the do-it-yourselfers, it is possible to use a sealing kit which is only powerful in the case of small leaks, this kit is worth around 40 euros
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Prevention: How to avoid gearbox leaks on your Peugeot 206 ?
There aren’t many solutions to avoid gearbox leaks on your Peugeot 206 , nevertheless here are the three most effective:
- Frequent oil changes on your gearbox deck.
- Drain your gearbox and put new oil in it. If you want to know everything about this task, please examine our content on this subject matter.
- Use a particular additive for routine service of gearbox seals, these additives will restore flexibility and enable to plug moderate leaks, you will discover some for a few dozen euros at Oscaro.
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Price of a Peugeot 206 gearbox
Finally, we would like to give you an idea of how much it costs to change the gearbox of a Peugeot 206 . As you have understood, gearbox problems generally lead to a complete change of this part. It is hard to give you a precise price because depending on the garage the labour can vary quite a lot and depending on your engine the component will as well have a different price, nevertheless, we estimate that the repair, labour included will cost you between 800 and 2000 euros , knowing that the component alone costs between 400 and 1000 euros.
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